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The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BCE)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.[4] The use of "drama" in the narrow sense to designate a specific type of play dates from the 19th century. Drama in this sense refers to a play that is neither a comedy nor a tragedy—for example, Zola's Thérèse Raquin (1873) or Chekhov's Ivanov (1887). It is this narrow sense that the film and television industry and film studies adopted to describe "drama" as a genre within their respective media.[5] "Radio drama" has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance, it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio.[6] Drama is often combined with music and dance the drama in opera is sung throughout; musicals include spoken dialogue and songs; and some forms of drama have regular musical accompaniment (melodrama and Japanese No, for example).[7] In certain periods of history (the ancient Roman and modern Romantic) dramas have been written to be read rather than performed.[8] In improvisation, the drama does not pre-exist the moment of performance; performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience.[9]
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Medical Alarm Systems Are Mandatory Life-Saving Devices
by marlene deidre
May 26, 2009
Medical alarm systems are easy to operate lifesavers equipped with a panic
button and provide a direct link to trained medical personnel or a family
member.
Why does when anybody need an emergency, help is always just around...
To Exercise And Play
by Jan Richards
Mar 04, 2009
Often period, when children advantage from singing, they look wholly exhausted and glad for a nap. This is the most accurate description, and wholly the accuracy, as playing is hard work. It's exhausting to the wits and body of the daughter, and it d...
Eat Right To Lower Stress
by Jamey Sackville
Nov 06, 2008
You may discern that you attain for the potato chips when a television agenda becomes particularly frightening. Or you grab the wild at work when you learn that you'll have to run a new fling. You may also bite on candy bars when your having difficul...
What is Pyschotherapy?
by Jennifer Baxt
Oct 13, 2008
Psychotherapy is used in online counseling a single individual, a couple, a marriage, or even a family. It is where the online therapist, or the online counselor, will help the patient(s) improve their mental health through various different techniqu...
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